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Walyomu’s lawyer, Ben Ssemanda told URN that his client complied with all the legal requirements while changing his name in 2009, adding that there was no need for the petitioner to sue him over the same.
Justice
Joseph Murangira has thrown out a petition challenging the election of the
Kagoma county Member of Parliament, Moses Walyomu. The National Resistance Movement-NRM party candidate Fredrick Munyirwa dragged Walyomu to court citing electoral
malpractice including voter bribery.
He
also accused Walyomu, who garnered 7,948 votes against his 5,048 votes and lack of the requisite academic documents warranting him to contest as MP. The petitioner
claimed that the legislator’s true names are Moses Muwanika and Walyomu Moses
Muwanika.
However, in his ruling delivered on Monday, Justice Murangira that the petitioner failed to substantiate his claims, which
warranted the dismissal of the same with costs.
Walyomu’s lawyer, Ben
Ssemanda told URN that his client complied with all the legal requirements while
changing his name in 2009, adding that there was no need for the petitioner to
sue him over the same.
He also claimed that
during cross-examination, the petitioner’s witnesses
were inconsistent, which forced the court to expunge their testimony from the court
records.
//Cue in: “all of us…
Cue out…from the petitioner,”//
Munyirwa says that the judgement was
characterized with bias and unfairness, saying that the court did not consider most
of his evidence despite being essential in strengthening the grounds raised in
his petition.
He revealed to URN that he has instructed his lawyers to
appeal the judgement.
